Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-16
DETECTIVE DYNAMITARDS.

DETECTIVE DYNAMITARDS. "A weak invention of the enemy!"-Had that recent development of Dynamite de- signs come from any less prominent au- thority than the London "Times" people would scout the sensational story as unreal and unreliable; but the "thunderer" at one time possessed character for truthfulness; and, unhappily, for too-often duped pub lie, the old traditions hang still round the regions of Blackfriars' Bridge Road. Thus it was that the circumstantial tale of unwonted activity in Dynamite circles in New York met ready credence. ODono- van Rossa's name is one to frighten old women of both sexes, and he, of course, was set down as prime mover in the new est essay at "treasons stratagems and spoils," although in reality poor Rossa would do no harm to anybody-'h1sI l bark is worse than his bite;" and his great error is that he talks too much, and i'm ! pliedly takes or accepts creditor discredlt as the case may be-for alleged attempts at outrage which never had existence save in the fertile brains of the Solons of Scotland Yard Dr Hamilton Williams, the other name named-though an ardent National ist is, we feel assured, no party to revl- val of Dynamite burlesques; and as for that $2O, ,OOO of a reserve fund for ''the re- sources of civilization" we knows whereof we write when we state that the twenty without the thousands would more than represent any exchequer at command ot "the extreme of the extreme" party of Irish revolutionists.
 But no need to argue or refine on this branch of the topic the story was an invention pure and simple-or, rather, most impure and deliberate There are two men now in possession of some explosive substance re- garded by authority as Dynamite ingredi- ent or material The arrests once made, it Awould not do to have miscarriage of just e-the justice meaning conviction by 8 jury-and to secure conviction by a jury there must be panic among the classes composing the panel. It is an old expedi- ent. It was resorted to with effect in the case of Burton and Cunningham, charged with the attempt to blow up the Tower of London and the Parliament House some three years ago; the police wanted vic tims, and the public mind was excited to the necessity of finding them. A pliant judge was appointed for the trial, in whose hands the sacrifice of the accused was a foregone conclusion, and the unhappy vic tims were sentenced to lifelong penal ser vitude on testimony that in this country would not be deemed sufficient to hang a dog.
 When our friends here, on this American soil, read of these terrible designs of a people seeking for liberty, and feel dis posed in their horror to withdraw their sylnpathies from a cause stained by crime, we ask them to ''possess their souls in pa tience." These things, or the majority o1 them, are of police origin and operation And as we have already said, this system of crime-manufacture is no new development of detective industry. We have personal knowledge o1 corroborative incidents in this direction Let us take one County in the Southwest o1 Ireland for our example-the County o1 Clare-the banner patriot County of Ire land; and therefore of course, the happy hunting ground for official ingenuity. Il is not many years ago since one Parker, ar Inspector of Constabulary hid firearms il the turf-rick of a patriot farmer; and the1 arrested him for the ''Whiteboy" offence and had him sent as convict to the Aus trailian colonies. It is only last year tha1 Head Constable of Police-Maurice O'Halloran-stationed at Ennis, approach ed most respectable young resident o1 Crusheen named Loughery, and handed him :e1O Bank of Ireland note in supposi tion that he could be suborned to give in- formation; but Loughery was National ist of the true type; Constable O'Halloran found himself in the gutter beneath tn, feet of the indignant patriot; the e10 was given over to the eviction fund; and M Cox, M P for East Clare, made the Hous, of Commons stare almost in unbelief a the recital of such activity. Then tha other case a few weeks ago. A ruffia1 named Callinan was employed by the polio to manufacture crime and then prosecut his victims. Head Constable Whelahal of Ennis, was his paymaster; but in one o the agrarian raids organized by the crime manufacturer, Whelahan was slain-th authorities say murdered-and thus cam home to the too jealous officer the conse quences of his own infamy
 We might multiply illustrations, bu these are sufficient to suggest caution il acceptance of those Dynamite desperat designs.
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